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BUDGET HOTELS
Hôtel du Printemps
Hôtel Bonséjour Montmartre
Hôtel de Lille
Hôtel Le Cosy
Port Royal Hôtel
Hôtel de Nevers
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HÔTEL DES ARTS Map Hotel €€
01 46 06 30 52; www.arts-hotel-paris.com; 5 rue Tholozé, 18e; s €75-95, d & tw €95-105, tr €160; Abbesses or Blanche;
This friendly and attractive 50-room hotel, convenient to both place Pigalle and Montmartre, has gained another star and added a few euros to its rates. Towering over it is the old-style windmill Moulin de la Galette. The resident canine is very friendly indeed.
HÔTEL REGYN’S MONTMARTRE Map Hotel €€
01 42 54 45 21; www.hotel-regyns-paris.com; 18 place des Abbesses, 18e; s €79-89, d & tw €91-111, tr €117-131; Abbesses;
This 22-room hotel is a good choice if you want to stay in old Montmartre and not break the bank. It’s just opposite the Abbesses metro station, which happens to have one of the best preserved Art Nouveau entrance canopies designed by Hector Guimard (Click here), and outside the hotel is a lovely old plane tree. Some of the rooms have views out over Paris.
HÔTEL DU MOULIN Map Hotel €€
01 42 64 33 33; www.hotelmoulin.com; 3 rue Aristide Bruant, 18e; s/d/tr €83/88/106; Abbesses or Blanche;
This quiet little hotel has 27 good-sized rooms, with toilet and bath or a shower in both a main building and a garden annexe. The Korean family who own the place are very kind. Check out their fun website.
HÔTEL UTRILLO Map Hotel €€
01 42 58 42 58; www.hotel-paris-utrillo.com; 7 rue Aristide Bruant, 18e; s €73, d & tw €83-88, tr €105; Abbesses or Blanche;
This friendly 30-room hotel, named after the ‘painter of Montmartre’ Maurice Utrillo (1883–1955) and decorated in primary colours, can boast a few extras such as a little courtyard and small sauna.
HÔTEL BONSÉJOUR MONTMARTRE Map Hotel €
01 42 54 22 53; www.hotel-bonsejour-montmartre.fr; 11 rue Burq, 18e; s €33-40, d €44-55, tr €58-65; Abbesses;
At the top of a quiet street in Montmartre, this is a perennial budget favourite. It’s a simple place to stay – no lift, linoleum or parquet floors – but welcoming, comfortable, very clean and getting a protracted (and much needed) facelift. Some rooms (eg Nos 14, 23, 33, 43 and 53) have little balconies attached and at least one room (No 55) offers a fleeting glimpse of Sacré Cœur. Communal showers cost €2.
STYLE HOTEL Map Hotel €
01 45 22 37 59; fax 01 45 22 81 03; 8 rue Ganneron, 18e; s & d €35-50, tr/q €57/67; La Fourche
This 36-room hotel just north of place de Clichy and west of Cimetière de Montmartre is a titch rough around the edges (ie rough wooden floors, old runner carpets in the hallways) but is loaded with character and the welcome is always charming. There’s a lovely double glassed-in courtyard, but no lift. The cheapest singles and doubles are equipped with washbasin only.
LE VILLAGE HOSTEL Map Hostel €
01 42 64 22 02; www.villagehostel.fr; 20 rue d’Orsel, 18e; per person dm/d/tr €20/24/30/27; Anvers;
A fine 25-room hostel with beamed ceilings, a lovely outside terrace and views of Sacré Cœur. Dormitory beds are in rooms for four to six people and all have shower and toilet. Kitchen facilities are available, and there’s a popular bar too. Rooms are closed between 11am and 4pm for cleaning, but there is no curfew. Internet access is available for €1/3.50 for 15/60 minutes.
PRATIC HÔTEL Map Hotel €
01 46 06 27 61; 31 rue Germain Pilon, 18e; s/d €18/24, d with shower €35; Abbesses
As cheap as chips with almost the same odeur, this 33-room ultra-budget place has price, location and a warm welcome in its favour.
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